navy ordered all ships in the norfolk, virginia, area sent out to sea to ride out the storm there. we've got a team of correspondents alone the east coast, including the "today" show's al roker, weather channel's stephanie abrams. they're in rehoboth beach. also the weather channel's julie martin we heard there her in nags head, north carolina. they're going to be joining us throughout today. all throughout the day with coverage of sandy. meantime, nbc meteorologist dialen dryer is back with the very latest of the forecast track. dylan, another good morning to you. >> thanks, alex. good morning. we are looking at this storm as a weakening storm system right now, but that does not change the characteristics. it is still a very strong tropical storm, and there's a good chance it is going to strengthen back into a category 1 hurricane as we go into monday. right now it has sustained winds at 70 miles per hour. it is still moving to the north/northeast. and it is going to follow this path, parallel to the eastern seaboard. all the way until monday. monday night, in fact. that's when it